| Poor Support: Poverty in the American Family Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ellwood, David T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465059953 ISBN-13: 9780465059959 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $21.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1989 Annotation: "The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country's leading experts on poverty. In this book he describes who the poor are, explains why the" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 361.6 |
| LCCN: 87047779 |
| Lexile Measure: 1260 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 4.9" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country's leading experts on poverty. In this book he describes who the poor are, explains why they are poor, and suggests new policies for helping them. Poor Support is a major reinterpretation of the various forms that poverty takes in American families and what can be done to alleviate the problem. |